Christopher Fairbank
Biography
Christopher Fairbank is an English actor who grew up in Essex and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, finishing there in April 1974. He is best known in Britain as Moxey, the Liverpool plasterer he played in the comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet across two series in the 1980s and again in the 2002 and 2004 revival. Early screen roles included Z-Cars, seven episodes of The Old Curiosity Shop in 1979 and six episodes of Coronation Street in 1981. Later came Batman, Doctor Who and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, voice work on the Aardman films Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Flushed Away (2006), and The Broker in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, among them Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He played Eddie Knight in EastEnders in 2024, and appeared on stage in Edinburgh as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
73years old
Turns 74 on October 4in 356 days
- Born Hertfordshire
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Chris Fairbank
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 46 years1979 to 2025
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First role
Fairbank's first professional stage role came in 2013, when Susan Boyle told him he was a good singer, prompting him to audition for A Christmas Carol at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, where he landed Ebenezer Scrooge.
Big break
Fairbank won the part of Moxey in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet after his manager sent him to director Roger Bamford and he did a Scouse accent at the audition.
First role
Fairbank's first acting experience came at Clavering County Primary School, playing Mr. Brown in a stage production of Paddington Bear, where he improvised after the pupil playing Paddington forgot his curtain line.
Christopher Fairbank movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Rob Marshall directed two of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Rob Marshall
Also two films together8 more actors
- Ian McKellenFlushed Away (2006) and Plenty (1985)
- Ian McShaneJack the Giant Slayer (2013) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Holt McCallanyBelow (2002) and Alien 3 (1992)
- Miriam MargolyesFlushed Away (2006) and The Awakening (1980)
- Pete PostlethwaiteAlien 3 (1992) and Hamlet (1990)
- Gary LewisGoal III: Taking on the World (2009) and Cargo (2006)
- Ralph BrownJack the Giant Slayer (2013) and Alien 3 (1992)
- Liz SmithWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Agatha (1979)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Christopher Fairbank's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.4 billion
17 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 17 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 17Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B30.4% of the total
- 2$773M22.5% of the total
- 3$570M16.5% of the total
- 4$264M7.7% of the total
- 5$198M5.7% of the total
- 6$193M5.6% of the total
- 7$178M5.2% of the total
- 8$160M4.6% of the total
$60.8 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.